Today, in UF's New Engineering Building, 29 UF engineering students put on a demonstration of robots they both designed and built for Dr. Eric Scwartz'e Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory (IMDL). It was pretty sweet, I have to say. Here are some photos from the event:
CRAB, or Catch and Return Autonomous Bot, designed by Steven Buss, uses a holonomic drive train to see moving objects and chase after them. If it gets too close to any object, it will back up to ensure its safety.
MILyBots, designed by Luis Vega and Camilo Buscaron, dance salsa in unison. The idea behind the SwarmBots, robots that will show "swarm intelligence," is that they work in a group to accomplish a difficult task.
Spectators watch two MILyBots play tag with each other. One is controlled by a computer and the other is controlled by a human with an Xbox 360 controller, play tag with each other. 
Auto Treasure Finder 5000, designed by Philip Sherwood, uses a metal detector to find buried metal, dig it up and use its robot arms to retrieve lost items.
SkyRiser, designed by Jeffery Lettman, drills a nail into a wooden wall during a demonstration. SkyRiser is an autonomous platform that was created to assist in on-site building construction.
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